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... S.2 A Typology of Local and Regional Funding Sources for Public Transportation Table S.1 presents five major categories of local and regional transit funding. Each category is described briefly in Section 3.0 of this report.
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... Advertising Revenues Concessions revenues Common Business, Activity, and Related Funding Sources Employer/Payroll Taxes Car Rental Fees Vehicle Lease Fees Parking Fees Realty Transfer Taxes/Mortgage Recording Fees Corporate Franchise Taxes Room/Occupancy Taxes Business License Fees Utility Fees/Taxes Income Taxes Donations Other Business Taxes Revenue Streams from Projects (Transportation and Others) Transit-Oriented Development/Joint Development Value Capture/Beneficiary Charges Special Assessment Districts Community Improvement Districts/Community Facilities Districts Impact Fees Tax-Increment Financing Districts Right-of-Way Leasing New "User" or "Market-Based" Funding Sources Tolling (fixed, variable, and dynamic; bridge and roadway)
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... by the transit agencies that were interviewed for the project. S.3 Overview of Current Local and Regional Public Transportation Funding The National Transit Database (NTD)
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... S.5 Local and Regional Public Transportation Funding by Type of Agency Independent transit authorities and municipal or county governments differ in the latitude and authority they have in seeking increased revenues. Key distinctions in the use of local and regional funding between these two basic organizational structures include the following: • Sales tax revenues are important to both types of agencies and are more often used (by both types of agencies)
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... Section 4.0 of this report also addresses the advantages, disadvantages, and performance of various funding sources against these criteria. S.7 Steps in Enacting New Funding Sources for Public Transportation There have been wide-ranging, successful efforts in recent years to raise funding for public transportation at the local and regional levels as the current and future importance of public transportation options have become more widely recognized.
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... Identifying the roles, responsibilities, and procedures for carrying out the campaign plan and implementing the proposed improvements; 4. Describing in detail the proposed revenue sources to be enacted and the rationales for selection and use; 5.
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  • beneficiary charges
  • income taxes
  • funding sources
  • state infrastructure
  • special assessment

  • financing districts
  • facilities district
  • infrastructure bank
  • sales taxes
  • value capture

  • franchise taxes
  • corporate franchise
  • regional funding
  • revenue yield
  • transportation funding

  • transfer taxes
  • mortgage recording
  • vmt fees
  • funding mechanisms
  • regional public


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